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[Download Free Software] Antivirus | AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good ...: AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good"..June 24th, 2009 | by Linux W | CWmike writes “Microsoft's new free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, ...

[TechBlogger] AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials “Very Good” · TechBlogger: CWmike writes “Microsoft’s new free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, said independent and trusted firm AV-Test, which tested Essentials, launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. It put it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm’s managers.

[ithinkdifferent] The results are out, Microsoft Security Essentials beats the ...: seems to be missing the fact of how bad the detection rate of AVG is, no wonder they don’t think it’s not about viruses anymore. Microsoft and other companies have phishing more than covered in their browsers nowadays, specially Internet Explorer 8 having good features to protect the user from it like domain highlighting, Smart Screen Filter and the likes.

[Modders-Inc] Microsoft Security Essentials: The First Test Results Are In: AV-Test coordinator Andreas Marx notes that "several other [antivirus] scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of these critters yet." In addition, Microsoft Security Essentials put up a perfect score with zero false positives””it didn't flag a single clean file as being malicious. AV-Test also took an initial look at Microsoft Security Essentials' rootkit detection, testing it against a few rootkit samples, and found "nothing to complain about."

[Security] Early Tests Bode Well for Microsoft Security Essentials | Security ...: AV-Test challenged the product with its "WildList" collection of 3,194 recent, common viruses, bots and worms. Microsoft Security Essentials was able to detect and remove every one of the malware samples.

[The Tech Herald Security News] Review: Microsoft Security Essentials - Security: SpyNet is Microsoft’s online community that collects information based on two levels of membership. The first is Basic, set by default, which sends information on items flagged by MSE including where the item came from, the actions you opted to take on that item once it was flagged or actions taken automatically, and if those actions were a success.

[FierceCIO News] Windows Security Essential beta reaches download cap in a day ...: Independent testing done by AV-Test.org found that MSE was able to accurately detect 3,194 common virus, bot and worm samples from a set of WildList malware released a week ago. In addition, attempts to elicit a false positive by running MSE across a large set of benign samples did not result in any false alarms.

[Gadgetwise] Free Microsoft Antivirus Software Next Week - Gadgetwise Blog ...: It will make the test-phase service, now officially named “Microsoft Security Essentials,” available for download onto properly licensed Windows PC in Brazil, Israel and the United States running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. And later this summer, China will be added to the beta group.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] US calls on China to revoke Web filter order as possible trade ...: The China Daily quoted the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)official as saying: "PC makers are only required to save the setup files of the program in the hard drives of the computers, or provide CD-ROMs containing the program with their PC packages."The users have the final say on the installation of the Green Dam-Youth Escort, so it is misleading to say the government compels PC users to use the software, the official clarified.

[Security Watch] Microsoft Free AV Beta Available June 23 - Security Watch: It hasn't been talked about much, but a-squared antivirus is one of the best free/paid antivirus solutions I have tried, on par with trend micro, kaperski and bit defender. It uses detection algorythmns from two seperate companies, and there are a couple of more focused anti-malware products available from them as well.

[The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors] Microsoft's free antimalware beta on the way | Security - CNET News: The service works like traditional antivirus products in which client software monitors programs on a PC. When something changes on the computer, such as files being downloaded or copied or software trying to modify files, the system checks against a set of malware signatures in the client program to see if the code matches the signature for known malware.

[Neowin.net / Main] Microsoft Security Essentials Beta released: The company is offering the product via a beta program and will likely extend the cap of 75,000 downloads depending on demand. MSE is Microsoft's free anti-virus and anti-spyware product that is set to replace Microsoft's paid Windows Live OneCare subscription service which is being withdrawn a week today.

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